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Enterprise RAG / On-premise RAG

On-premise and air-gapped RAG for maximum control.

Run retrieval, vector search, model inference, and governance inside your own controlled environment—including isolated networks where no external internet access is permitted.

Where knowledge lives

Documents, embeddings, models, and operational evidence remain inside your data centre or secure private network.

How it operates

Your organisation owns the infrastructure and platform operation, with specialist support where it is useful.

Best fit

Banks, healthcare, government, defence, and critical infrastructure organisations where data sovereignty is non-negotiable.

What runs where

A RAG system designed around the boundary that matters.

Private GPU clusters, self-hosted vector databases, and locally hosted language models can sit within existing security boundaries.

  1. 01Private knowledge
  2. 02Local vector search
  3. 03Private model runtime
  4. 04Audit trail

Why teams choose this route

Advantages to use deliberately.

  • Maximum control over data, models, and network boundaries
  • Can operate in private or air-gapped environments
  • Fits established identity, security, and audit requirements

Controls to plan

Trust needs operational evidence.

  • Integrate with IAM, LDAP, or Active Directory
  • Use encryption, audit trails, and role-based source access
  • Plan GPU capacity, patching, evaluation, and model lifecycle operations

Choose with confidence

Architecture should support the work, not become the work.

We can help you turn a business use case, information boundary, and control requirement into a practical RAG delivery plan.

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